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Expressions of Life in Steel and Stone

"Steel succumbs to the whim of the flame, then stands firm in its vacancy, displaying all the traces of the flame's insistence plus the scars of the hammer, grinder, and awl. So fluid are the lines chased by the stroke of the flame. So delicate the shimmering edges, straight, jagged, complex and subdued. So plain the metal. Ordinary, yet it is the strength-giving backbone to the modern world. It is the quiet voice of giants spanning, reaching, sprawling, making. Color torched in afterglow, highlighting the alloy ingredient composition in the surfaces, clear rich voices telling of the experience bringing it to what it has become."


"The human figure, the form of the ages. Until the quorum of my audience is composed of something else, this will remain my favorite object of articulation in sculpture. The human form tells the stories of the heart soul and spirit. What then is left to communicate?"

r. e. belveal